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Titre(s) : Letter writing and language change [Texte imprimé] / edited by Anita Auer, ... Daniel Schreier,... Richard J. Watts, ...
Publication : Cambridge : Cambridge university press, cop. 2014
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIII-336 p.) : ill. ; 27 cm
Collection : Studies in English language
Lien à la collection : Studies in English language
Comprend : 1. Setting the scene : letters, standards and historical sociolinguistics / Richard
J. Watts ; 2. Assessing variability and change in early English letters / Juan Manuel
Hernández-Campoy and Juan Camilo Conde-Silvestre ; 3. Private letters as a source
for an alternative history of Middle New High German / Stephan Elspass ; 4. Language
in print and handwriting / Tony Fairman ; 5. Heterogeneity vs homogeneity / Marianne
Hundt ; 6. Emerging standards in the colonies : variation and the Canadian letter
writer / Stefan Dollinger ; 7. Linguistic fingerprints of authors and scribes / Alexander
Bergs ; 8. Stylistic variation / Anita Auer ; 9. English aristocratic letters /
Susan Fitzmaurice ; 10. Early nineteenth-century pauper letters / Mikko Laitinen
; 11. A non-standard standard? Exploring the evidence from nineteenth-century vernacular
letters and diaries / Barbara Allen ; 12. Archaism and dialect in Irish emigrant
letters / Lukas Pietsch ; 13. Assessing heterogeneity / Lucia Siebers ; 14. Hypercorrection
and the persistence of local dialect features in writing / Daniel Schreier ; 15.
Epilogue : where next? / Anita Auer, Daniel Schreier and Richard J. Watts.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Letter Writing and Language Change outlines the historical sociolinguistic value
of letter analysis, both in theory and practice. The chapters in this volume make
use of insights from all three 'Waves of Variation Studies', and many of them, either
implicitly or explicitly, look at specific aspects of the language of the letter writers
in an effort to discover how those writers position themselves and how they attempt,
consciously or unconsciously, to construct social identities. The letters are largely
from people in the lower strata of social structure, either to addressees of the same
social status or of a higher status. In this sense the question of the use of 'standard'
and/or 'nonstandard' varieties of English is in the forefront of the contributors'
interest. Ultimately, the studies challenge the assumption that there is only one
'legitimate' and homogenous form of English or of any other language" ; "Unlike formal
writing, informal writing is much closer to spoken language, so studying letters from
the past provides us with clues to the development of nonstandard varieties of English.
Led by a team of experts, this book draws on a range of informal letter corpora and
outlines the historical sociolinguistic value of letter analysis, both in theory and
practice. By looking at specific aspects of the language used by writers, this book
aims to discover how they positioned themselves in society and how they attempted,
consciously or unconsciously, to construct social identities. This study challenges
the assumption that there is only one 'legitimate' and homogenous form of English
or of any other language. It questions 'standard' language ideologies and highlights
the importance of non-standard vernacular forms. A valuable addition to the field,
this book will be welcomed by sociolinguists, historical linguists and social historians"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Auer, Anita (1975-....). Éditeur scientifique
Schreier, Daniel (1971-....). Éditeur scientifique
Watts, Richard James (1943-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Communication écrite -- Société
Anglais (langue) -- Variation linguistique
Anglais (langue) -- Langage écrit
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107018648 (hardback). - ISBN 1107018641 (hardback)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44201609c
Notice n° :
FRBNF44201609
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